Los personajes mudos en Aristófanes: un recurso cómico y teatral poco hablado

Abstract

This article explores the mute characters in the works of Aristophanes as a comic and theatrical resource. With this aim, some scenes are analyzed in which the dramatic ejfectiveness which the mute characters acquire on occasions can be clearly seen: Aristophanes takes advantage of their time on stage to raise a laugh, to enrich the spectacle or far characterization reasons, being able to produce ali this at the same time. The author puts special emphasis on the importance of considering the staging and words together, given that communication in the theatre springs ftom both these areas.